Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage and mimicry.

There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.

Love had always issued out of the places that hurt the most.

Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

If not for sports, I do not think my father would have ever talked to me.

Fierce praying was a way of finding entrance and prologue into my own writing.

Gonzaga was the kind of place you’d not even think about loving until you’d left it for a couple of years.

An author must gorge himself on ten thousand images to select the magical one that can define a piece of the world in a way one has never considered before.

I wanted to be curious and smart and unappeasable until I got a sentence to mean exactly what I ordered it to mean.

No matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.

When it comes to texting the power of you thumbs compel you

How were we so lucky? Two people lost in a world only to find solace and companionship in someone just as fractured as they are. I think destiny has played a hand in our union.

If one uses one's intellect to become master over the unlimited emotions, it may produce a sorry and diversionary effect upon the intellect.

The spirit of my home is entirely bound up in a quality of space. I have only the objects I need and nothing more. Empty space in which to think and relax is both stimulating and calming.

The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

You plan and plan and plan then Africa happens

I've been more conscious of my salt intake, sugar intake, making sure I'm not eating as many processed foods.

There is no limit to beauty, no saturation point in design, no end to the material.